Patents by Inventor Irving H. Plone

Irving H. Plone has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Static spinal alignment device
    Patent number: 5224956
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a static or passive spinal alignment device includes a first elongated section and a second elongated section spaced therefrom. The first section and the second section are each dimensioned to buttress a respective side of a patient lying supine on a generally flat surface. The side buttressing straightens the alignment of the spine and maintains the spine of the patient in a spaced relationship to the surface between the thoracic vertebra and a sacrum of the spine. Body weight then urges the spine downwardly to reduce lumbar lordosis. Means are provided for attaching the first section to the second section and for supporting each of the first section and the second section on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Pacific Medical Products
    Inventors: Armen Dumas, Irving H. Plone, Bradley J. Zacuto